{"id":269162,"date":"2016-11-16T19:41:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T19:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=269162"},"modified":"2016-11-16T19:41:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T19:41:27","slug":"rooney-apologises-to-england-chiefs-over-inappropriate-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/rooney-apologises-to-england-chiefs-over-inappropriate-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooney apologises to England chiefs over ‘inappropriate’ images"},"content":{"rendered":"
Captain Wayne Rooney has “unreservedly” apologised to interim England manager Gareth Southgate after pictures emerged showing him at a wedding at the team’s hotel while on international duty.<\/p>\n
A statement issued on behalf of Rooney, 31, called the images “inappropriate”.<\/p>\n
The Sun has published the images, which it says shows Rooney at a party late on Saturday night – a day after England’s World Cup qualifying win over Scotland.<\/p>\n
The FA, meanwhile, says it will review its policies around players’ free time.<\/p>\n
“Naturally Wayne is sorry that pictures taken with fans have been published,” the statement from Rooney’s management read.<\/p>\n
“Although it was a day off for the whole squad and staff, he fully recognises that the images are inappropriate for someone in his position.<\/p>\n
“Earlier today Wayne spoke privately to both Gareth Southgate and [FA technical director] Dan Ashworth to unreservedly apologise.<\/p>\n
“He would like to further extend that apology to any young fans who have seen these pictures.”<\/p>\n
Rooney missed Tuesday’s 2-2 friendly draw with Spain with a minor knee injury.<\/p>\n
Rooney’s apology came as the FA issued a statement saying “England personnel have a responsibility to behave appropriately at all times”.<\/p>\n
The governing body added: “We will be reviewing our policy around free time while on international duty.”
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Captain Wayne Rooney has “unreservedly” apologised to interim England manager Gareth Southgate after pictures emerged showing him at a wedding at the team’s hotel while on international duty. A statement issued on behalf of Rooney, 31, called the images “inappropriate”. The Sun has published the images, which it says shows Rooney at a party late […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":269168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[4408,1754,9046],"yoast_head":"\n